Friday, September 09, 2016

Road to FIRE - Finite Time

The older I got, the more I realized how finite our life on this planet is.

Every day we spent, we are never going to get back.

That makes me even more determined to reach FIRE.

Do you want to endure the political bullshit of the working world for 40 years of your life?

Do you want to waste your one and only life on climbing the corporate ladder?

Do you want to put on a false front to make "connections" so that you can clinch more businesses?

Do you want to suffer humiliation when you are middle-aged and be forced to take up terrible jobs to make a living?

Human capital is limited.

We need to make hay while our sun shines.

I believe there's greater things in life than focusing all your energies on chasing more numbers.

Our time in this world is finite.

The struggles are real, but so is our courage.

"Work hard now, so we don't have to work hard all our lives."

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The biggest benefit of financial freedom (IMO), is the ability to walk away from toxic bosses and workplaces without fear over your financial situation. Granted, it is easier to do so for singles, but if you have a wife that shares the same values as you, the support will be great.

After going through many things in life, I come to the conclusion that life is about being happy and being able to do what you want to do. It's not about chasing after some career goal or earning a high pay if you hate what you do such that you wake up every morning hating to go down to office, or that your health suffers from it.

"My motto in life is ć…ˆè‹ŠćŽç”œ. Those who want to YOLO it is their own life. It is not funny when you are 50 years old and still broke especially in a country such as Singapore."

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